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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1940
Page
4
Workmen finish remodeling the old structure into a modern upper church and will open it for services tomorrow. A novena for the Immaculate Conception will close Sunday with vesper services in the new upper church. Rev. Fr. John A. Butler will celebrate a solemn high mass Sunday.
In a folksy line Uncle Eben jokes that a doctor’s tonic would frighten germs to death if they could see it. The quip reflects a rural storyteller style and uses dialect to convey caution about illness.
Members and friends of Cambridge Lodge of Elks attended an impressive memorial at Elks Hall last Sunday. Clement J. Norton paid tribute to Francis J. Buchanan, inner guard, who died Friday. The program, led by Stuart F. Cooper, chaplain, was solemn and orderly.
Mortgagee announces a public auction of Lot 1 on Washburn Avenue Bridgewater known as 39 Newbury Street area. The sale, under a 1980 mortgage from Melus Bh. Bday and Mary to Wayt We Bank, occurs December 17 1940 at 10 am. Purchaser pays $200 deposit. balance due in ten days. subject to taxes liens and assessments.
In Middlesex County Massachusetts a petition seeks W Davenport of Cambridge be appointed administrator of Maurie Davenport late of Cambridge deceased without bond. Interested parties must appear in Cambridge Probate Court by December 19 1940 to object. John C Leggat First Judge and Register LOERING and JORDARN November 30 December 7 14.
City of Cambridge files a petition to foreclose tax lien No. 126 on Ward Two No. 138 Harvard St. parcel, Lot 224 Block 73, with unknown respondents ordered served by weekly notices in Cambridge Sentinel. Objections due by December ninth. default leads to confession and bar from contest.
Notice under General Laws chapter 135 states Salvatore Selmone doing business as Sam's Lunch seeks renewal of a malt beverage license for a six day restaurant at 482 Landsdowne Street Cambridge first floor and cellar storage in a worn building. Board of License Commissioners December 7.
Notice under General Chapter 105 states Chauncey D. Steel as Manager applies for renewal of license to sell all alcoholic beverages at Garden Street Cambridge in basement dining rooms suites kitchen and tap room. Names J E Quinn Ohm Timothy F. Leahy Herman E. Gutheim listed. Date December 7.
The Polish American Citizens Association Inc led by Edward Brse sinski requests renewal of a license to sell all alcoholic beverages for a club at 64 Cambridge Street Cambridge two rooms on the second floor cellar for heating pool in the building.
The piece sketches local Cambridge figures and plans. W Galgay envisions more at home teachers by 1950. Jocko and Sallystar in Merry Wives of Windsor staged by Cambridge Press Club. Benny Wild leads Central Square roofing. Dr Cassidy x rays school problems. Drake's Lunch Bill Pease linked to politics and dietetics. Jim Cronin Harvard Square to run in 1841 Council election. Russ Cazmay a strong bowler. Traffic police strict. Plan E features many unknown candidates. Central Square building to be sold by City Manager. Harry Penni man noted as straight shooter. Max Andelman active in Inman Square business. Donovan favors barbed wire around Fresh Pond. Ed Dana and H Mahoney plan another debate. Joe Shannon less melodic but precise. Hooker watches fifth columns for work. Public Safety Commissioner likely Arthur MacKenzie.
Notice under General Laws Chapter Yates and Mibran Sarkis and Martin Brothers announces application to renew license to sell wines and malt beverages at a package goods store located at 11 Cambridge Street Cambridge room on first floor in the building.
Three rooms on first floor with half a second floor landing and kitchen in basement. Salted site near LI BE MASS AVENUE Cambridge. Property listed by E Quin Heeman and E Gutheim for the Board of License Commissioners.
Commander George C Henderson announces a Christmas Benefit Dance at Elks Hall Friday evening December 20 to aid the chapter charity work for comrades and families. Proceeds support Child Welfare Committee at the Jefferson Club Christmas party December 22. alert committee named with Moran Row Kelley MacDonald Bechard Henderson Bush. Billy Walper and his orchestra provide music.
Clocks with specially constructed pendulums have been developed that can run 400 days on a single winding, extending the period between windings and showcasing innovation in timekeeping mechanisms.
Dwight Deere Wiman presents John van Druten's comedy Old Acquaintance at Plymouth with Jane Cowl and Peggy Wood in leading roles. The plot follows two famous female novelists as one daughter falls for the other novelist's muse. Kent Smith Barry Jones Adele Longmire Edna West Anna Franklin provide strong support under Auriol Lee's direction.
Mon and Tue feature Queen of Destiny with Anna Neagle and Anton Walbrook. Also Love Honor and Oh Baby with Kathryn Adams and Donald Woods. Web shows Half a Sinner with Heather Angel and John King. Anne of Windy Poplars with Anne Shirley and James Ellison. Fri and Sat present Blondie Has Servant Trouble with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. Comin Round the Mountain with Una Merkel and Bob Burns.
Townsend Club No. 2 invites members to meet at the Jefferson Club at 85 Austin Street every Monday at 8 pm The group promotes prosperity jobs and reduced real estate taxes The membership fee is 25 cents per year with flexible monthly dues from none to any amount members deem appropriate
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